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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IK UTAH. would do, there was a continual state of unrest, dissatisfaction, and friction, not oply mong tbe White Rivers but aho among the IJintrshs. The disorepancy in tho treat-ment of the former, eampared with that of the latt,er, was s. fruitful source of dis-couragement and dissatitisfaotion among the Uintahs, and exeroised s discouraging idnenoe upon their agricultural efforts, the results of which are somewhat apparent in our statistical report, which is not as good as we hoped i t ~vouldb e. COXDTCT AND DlSPOSITION OF Ih?IIAKS. The eonduet and disposition of the Indians remaining on the reservation, notwith-standing the oauses above alluded to, pave been exoeption~llyk ind and good, es e oially toward the whites. This is true not only of the Uintahs but also of 8~: v h i t s Rivers. The oauses above alluded to were mare manifest in the depression of the energy of the Uintnhn, and a very distinotly marked jeallonsy between the two AGRICCLTURAI. AND OTTREK CIVILIZED PU11SUITS AND TEEIK RESULTS. SCHOOL. I am aomewhibt st a loas to know mhnt to say on this subjeot, \rhet.hsr to call it a suoosss or a hilaro. Perhaps it would be carreot to say it wa. neither. Withoot question much good was aooomplished by the school. When the children attended with any degree of regularity their improvement in oivilieed manners an@ onstoma, ae well m a knowledge of the rudimentsry brsuohes of an English eduestion, was marked and satisfaotory. But from the general want of appreciation of it8 im-portance on the part of the parents, and the consequent irregularity of attendanoe on thepart of the pupils, they beinn generally left to their own choice in the matter, the school did not acoompli~heltl% e good we had hoped it would. Perhaps our es-peetatitions were too high; perhaps there vas a failure to secure the best instruments and adapt the wisest measures to socare the best rasults. The school was oondnoted under s, oontraot with the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, wbose headquarters are inNew YorkCity. Under thiscontract the board nero to fur-nish three employ6s-a principal (male teacher), a matron, and a oook; thegovern-ment to provide buildings furnished, rations and clothin for the pupils, and pay to said board at the rate of 810.50 per quarter for eaoh pupi? taught. From the diffi-c u l t ~of securing properly qnalified employ68 the school did not, commenoo till the firat of Deoember, 1881, two or throe months later than it shonld, andeontinned sevpn months, or till the f i r ~otf July, 1882, with anaverago number of twelvepupils. Th18, i n s peenuiary point bf vie,,-, both as to the ltoard and government, oannot be con-sidered a sneoass. Rut n~ost reanlta ozunot be mcaslrred bg peonniarg- rul~tes. I am |